Rexist Party

The Rexist Party was a fascist political party that existed in Belgium from 1935 to 1945. The party was unlike other Belgian fascist parties in that it advocated monarchism and a united Belgium, and its strongest support came from Wallonia and Brussels. The party also advocated political Catholicism and clerical fascism, drawing its name from the Catholic journal Christus Rex ("Christ the King"). The party's views evolved from Italian and Spanish fascism to national socialism, and it espoused a right-wing revolution and the dominance of the Catholic Church in Belgium. During World War II, the Rexists were closely affiliated with the collaborationist Walloon Legion of the German Waffen-SS, and many former Rexists were imprisoned or executed for their collaboration following the end of the war and the dissolution of the party.